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Monday, September 18, 2017

Challenge #51--Optional Theme: SURROUND YOURSELF...with ART...Midway

Hello folks. It is the third Monday of the month and that means that it is time to present the midway for Challenge #51.

As we are a unique kind of challenge blog, please be sure to check out the START POST FOUNDHERE,
for all the rules and details you need to know in order to enter. For
now, here is a refresher of what our theme is all about:

Challenge #51

Optional Theme: SURROUND YOURSELF...with ART

We
have something different to share with you over the next three months
and we hope you will all enjoy it. Katrina, one of my amazing team
members has come up with a really intriguing concept. This fall our themes will be to Surround Yourself with Positivity in the form of the ARTS!
Each month for the next three months we'll explore the positive
influence of three different artistic concepts: Art, Literature and
Music!

To kick it off we will start with Art!
One of the best parts of having computers is having access to the works
of the artistic masters in our own home! We can google famous artists
from Botticelli, Monet, or Rembrandt to Remington, Rockwell, or Noel
and see their works! We can check out political cartoons, comic strips,
and graffiti! We can also study sculptures, glasswork, and
architecture.

Look around your home and consider what is
hanging on your walls. Usually we choose to hang pictures or artwork
that makes us feel happy and positive. Everything from our dishes to
our furniture tells something about our artistic likes.

Now
it’s time to walk around your house and really study what’s there. Check
out some art on the web or in a museum. Turn in your paper to the
comic strip. Find out what sort of art inspires you in a positive
way! Then, if you would like a chance to win the prize for the Most Inspirational Creation,share your inspiration and project with us; we can’t wait to
see what you create and learn about yourself on this journey!

Keep in mind, we are thinking about how different kinds of art affects
us as individuals. It’s not really about doing
something “visually" art related. For example, any positive image that
reminds us of any piece
of art works or we could use the style of a famous painter on any image.
I've included a brief synopsis from each of the team members tying
their projects into the theme so that you can see how they have
interpreted this unique concept.

If you do follow the optional theme, be sure to add FT after your
name so that we include you in the draw for the prize for Most
Inspirational. Remember, we also ask that you please leave a comment letting us
know how your creation relates to the concept of art and what you learned about yourself along the way, if it isn't
clearly written somewhere else
in your post. While you may easily see how your creation ties into the theme, it may not be as apparent to me or the DT members. That
is why we ask that you clarify it somewhere, whether here or in your
blogpost. You can simply write a sentence or paragraph at the bottom of your post
next to the link up for this challenge, if it would be easier. We just
need to know how your project ties into the theme. Letting us know,
clears up any ambiguity that may exist.

Remember, in order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes, ALL creations must be
positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature.
You don't need to follow the optional theme if you simply want to have a
chance at the Random Draw prize of a $12 gift certificate from Bugaboo Stamps, one of our guest sponsors this month. You only need to follow
the theme
if you want a chance to win this month's sponsored prize of a $15 gift certificate from Lunagirl, provided by the second of our
guest sponsors this month.

Talking of our guest sponsors...

To learn more about this month's guest sponsors, be sure to check out the START
post; and of course, also visit the individual sponsors themselves.
Below you will find the watermarks for the wonderful images
that the team worked with for the midway. Just click on any watermark to find that image's location in its respective store.

Thank you so much to these awesome companies for allowing us the
opportunity to work with such incredible images during the midway!

To help inspire you further down the path of SURROUND YOURSELF with ART,
check out the
wonderful
projects my Design Team had the opportunity to create. Don't forget that I have included a brief synopsis from each of the team members tying their projects into
the theme so that you can see how they have interpreted this
unique concept. Clicking on each team member's name will take
you to their blog where
you can check
out further details on their inspirational creations...

Tie in to theme:

"I have made a card/picture inspired by a print of a needle felted wall
hanging that I saw several years in a row at a local craft show. The
piece is very 3D and very large. It was not for sale but even if it was I
doubt that I could have afforded it. My eldest daughter surprised me at
Christmas with the gift of a framed print of it. The picture is called
'Peace In The Valley' and the artist is Joan Prowse. If anyone is
interested here is a link to her web site: http://www.joanprowse.co.uk/"

"I created a set of note cards, inspired by the jumbled collection of
vintage collection pieces and modern design in my home. I tried to
incorporate that mix by adding a bit of modern embellishment to the
vintage photos from one of our sponsors, Lunagirl".

Tie in to theme:

"I sprayed three canvases some time back with the same colour Dylusions
Ink. Managed to complete 2 of them and couldn't decide what to do with
the third one. I'm happy to add this one to the other two as it looks
much better up on the wall as a set of three!"

Thanks again to my incredible design team! As always, each of them have
their own unique styles and ideas which amaze me to no end. Each of
these projects has showcased the
concept of surrounding oneself with art, in various forms and manners and I hope we have
inspired
you throughout this challenge. Be sure to go and visit these talented ladies so you can see how their
projects tie in to the theme.

Why not join us, if you haven't entered already? Create a project and/or post that is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature and join our link up. If you've opted to follow the theme of surrounding oneself with art,for
the chance to win the Most Inspirational prize, provide an explanation
of how your
project and/or post relates to the theme somewhere in your post or come
over and leave a comment with the explanation. Also, don't forget to
leave FT after your name so we know to include you in the running for
the prize. Easy, peasy! You can enter our latest challenge by clicking HERE.

Also,
I know that the participants would love for you to go and pay them a visit. Remember
we're creating a Path of Positivity to follow one project at a time and
we'd love to see you somewhere on that route even if it is just by leaving a
comment on an entry from someone who has touched you somehow with their project and/or post!

Don't Forget...

You have until 11:59 p.m. tonight to vote on your favourite entry for Challenge #50.
Voting is quick, easy and painless so I hope
you will consider casting your vote if you haven't already. Winners for challenge #50 will be posted next Monday if everything goes according to plan. You can find the Top Picks post HERE.

SUMMARY
Whether
you are new and need to familiarize yourself with all the details, or a
returning participant and just need to refresh yourself, you can find out the impetus
behind why I started this challenge under the 'Introductions' tab and all the details you need to know in order to participate, in the 'Challenge Details'
tab (both tabs located at the top of the blog). Additionally, you can find a
quick summary of the details related to this challenge, towards the
bottom of the start post.

Challenge Badge

Current Challenge

Winners

The winners have been announced for Challenge #64. To see who won and who was chosen as a DT Delight, click HERE. To see the top picks, click HERE. To see all the details of the original challenge, click HERE.

To see a list of the winner's from all other previous challenges, click the "Challenge Win Information" tab at the top of this page.

Welcome to the Path of Positivity!

Hello everyone! My name is Lisa. In an effort to create a Path of Positivity for people to follow to bring sunshine to our corner of the blogging world, I have created a new type of challenge. To learn the impetus behind its creation, check out the 'Introduction' tab at the top of this page. You will also find tabs in the same location letting you know about the 'Challenge Details', 'Sponsors & Prize Information' and one for 'Challenge Win Information'.

I hope that you will consider adding your positive creations to the Path and join me in this new adventure! If you'd like to visit me on my personal blog click on the Decosse's Dynamite Doodles Badge below.

If you have any questions you can email me at pathofpositivity [at] gmail [dot] com (don't forget to remove brackets and spaces and replace at with the @ sign and a . for where it says dot. Unfortunately, we have to try to keep those spammers away by camouflaging our email addresses but such is life.

General Rules

While you can find out ALL the information you need to know in order to participate in the challenge by checking out the 'Challenge Details' tab at the top of the page, here is a refresher of the basics.

ALL entries must be positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. Regular types of projects such as birthday cards, or other general type projects/posts will not qualify for the prizes. There MUST be an encouraging or motivational or inspirational vibe to the creation or post.

Each month there will also be an OPTIONAL twist to follow. Twists will strictly be for fun or to help you challenge yourself as a designer. There will be no prize associated with following the twist.

ALL entries that abide by the general rules of the challenge, will be eligible to receive both the Random Prize and the prize for Most Inspirational.

For both prizes, you can make any sort of project you'd like (i.e., scrapbooking page, card, tag, mixed media, digital, etc.). In fact, you don't have to create a project at all. You may just have something to say that is motivational or encouraging in some way .

You can link up a total of three (3) creations.

No backlinking.

Make sure when entering your project that you mention The Path of Positivityin your post with a link back to this blog.

Please remember to link directly to your blog post where we can see your creation, and not just the generic link to your blog.